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                    Advanced JPEG Compressor - Version 4.6 
                  "The Ultimate Image Compressor for Windows"
                 Copyright 1999-2005 WinSoftMagic Development
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                           * IMPORTANT INFORMATION *

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CONTENTS
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* About Advanced JPEG Compressor
* Installing Advanced JPEG Compressor
* Customer Services & Technical Support
* Purchasing/Registering Advanced JPEG Compressor
* License, Warranty, Copyright and Trademarks

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About Advanced JPEG Compressor
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Advanced JPEG Compressor for Windows, from WinSoftMagic Development,
is the most comprehensive utility available for compressing images 
in JPEG format (image compressor / optimizer). 

Excellent for storing true color images, JPEG format has become 
the de-facto standard for photographic images in the world. Containing 
the most powerful and flexible JPEG compression engine, specially 
optimized for higher image quality, Advanced JPEG Compressor allows 
you to considerably reduce the file size of images. 

This allows you to:

* make your existing image files smaller - to save the storage space;
  considerably decrease download time for Web published images.
* store images acquired from a scanner, digital camera, or from a graphic 
  application with the same file size, but preserving the image quality 
  much better than could be produced using their default options. 

The key features of Advanced JPEG Compressor are:

(*) Interactivity - the process of compression becomes visual, effectively
trading image quality with file size by adjusting the compressor's settings.
It also offers a preview of the resulting image immediately. 

(*) Multi-document interface allows you to work with many images at the
same time, enabling you to view and compare different compression parameters 
applied to either the same or different images . 
 
(*) Compression profiles considerably improve processing of multiple
images with similar characteristics. A compression profile contains the 
most important compression parameters along with resizing information. 
You can create, save, edit and apply named compression profiles. 

(*) Batch Image Processing let you to easily process multiple images. 
You can select the compression profile, naming and other options. It is 
possible to get processed images with modified names.

(*) Graphic Detail Quality Equalizer is a unique feature that gives you 
the significant flexibility in adjusting the compressed image quality.
Its 5 bands are intended to tune the compression level applied to the 
image details with different sizes (ranging from large to small).

(*) Compression-oriented image prefiltering helps to achieve better 
compression/optimization results and improve the visual appearance of 
an image. You can choose one of five high quality filters, change the 
level and radius (depth) of applying the active filter.

(*) Separate compression sliders for Luma(intensity) and Chroma(color)
channels allow to gain better compression results and eliminate the color
artefacts, significantly improve the compressed image quality.

(*) Hold the defined compression ratio is a unique feature for graphic 
software that allows you to create images whose file size is limited by the 
defined compression ratio (like the "bit rate" parameter for audio files), 
and does not depend on their content.

(*) Selective image compression - some areas of the image can be 
compressed more or less than others. This useful feature allows you to
save high quality for the most important parts of the image (faces, etc.),
and lower for the rest, achieving excellent compression results. 

(*) Progressive JPEG images support; images in this format being published
on the Web will be incrementally displayed (gradually improving their 
quality) during loading from the Internet or other communications.

(*) Integrity marks being inserted in the created JPEG image allow the 
decompression to be resumed if an image will be damaged during transmitting.
This feature is extremely useful for creating images that will be transmitted 
across unreliable networks. 

(*) Additional options for adjusting precision of compression allow you 
to get the best result depending on the priority: small file size, or 
high image quality (which means large file size).

(*) Ability to acquire images from TWAIN compliant devices - such as 
scanners or digital cameras.

(*) Image Resizing(Resampling) by using one of three implemented high
quality interpolation methods.

(*) Viewing/Editing the invisible text (signature, copyright notice,
comments, etc.) embedded in your JPEG file.

(*) Possibility to crop unnecessary portions of the image.

(*) Easy to use and highly customizable user interface.

Advanced JPEG Compressor also offers different modes of zooming, centering, 
different arrangments of source and result images, visual replacement of 
result by source image for better examination of compression results, image 
preview before opening, E-mail option, export to the Windows Bitmap format, 
and more.
Advanced JPEG Compressor handles over 20 image formats, including the most
popular - Windows bitmap images(.BMP .DIB .RLE), JPEG-JFIF images (.JPG, 
.JPEG .JPE), TIFF, GIF, PNG images. 
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$25.00 (volume discounts are available) 


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INSTALLING Advanced JPEG Compressor
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Requirements: 
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Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Windows NT 3.51 or higher.
When installed it occupies about 1 Mb of disk space.  
True color (24 or 32 bit) or hi-color (16 bit) display mode, and
display resolution at least 800x600 are recommended.

Installing:
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The installation is quite simple - unzip ajpegcompr.zip, just run 
the ajpegcompr.exe and follow the directions given in the screen. 
The automatic installation procedure will copy all the necessary 
files to the specified directory and create a shortcut for the 
program. After installing, AJC can be launched from the "Start" 
menu.

Upgrading:
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To upgrade your version to the latest version of AJC, just install 
the latest version to the folder, which contains a previous version 
of AJC.

Uninstalling:
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You can uninstall the program from the Control Panel  Add/Remove 
Applications window.  Open the Control Panel from the "Start" menu,
double click Add/Remove Programs, and double click on the "Advanced
JPEG Compressor" entry in the dialog box.


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CUSTOMER SERVICES & TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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WinSoftMagic Development provides its registered software customers 
with free technical support. We also provide limited technical support
to persons evaluating our products.

We do, however, strongly encourage people to purchase a license.
Software development and support is very expensive and we need your 
help if we are to continue to provide quality programs at affordable 
prices. If you haven't already, please take a few moments to register.
This will assure you of eligibility for technical support, product 
update notification, special discounts, new product announcements, etc.

Technical support, updates, product information and evaluation
copies of all our products are available from the following on-line
services:

Internet E-Mail:
    support@winsoftmagic.com

World Wide Web:
    http://www.winsoftmagic.com/


Additional services (for businesses): 
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We are able to create a derivative software product, based on Advanced
JPEG Compressor, that covers your particular needs in image processing.
Quickly, rates are reasonable. Contact us at info@winsoftmagic.com

Also, the implementation of some special functions for your hardware,
or customizing the existing AJC's functions can be made as a result of
OEM sales agreement.


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PURCHASING/REGISTERING Advanced JPEG Compressor
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Advanced JPEG Compressor is commercial software. 
The unregistered version of AJC is available to you for free evaluation.  
You are entitled to evaluate the software as long as you wish. This allows
you to try out all the features in AJC to confirm that they work to your 
satisfaction. 

Evaluation (non-registered) version of AJC has only one limitation. You 
cannot save a compressed image to any storage device, but you can see it.
This limitation does not prevent trying all the features of AJC.
Purchase of the license (registration) is required to get the fully 
functional, licensed version of AJC.

Benefits for registered users are:

* Free technical support
* Free minor upgrades and large discounts on major upgrades and other
  high quality products of WinSoftMagic Development
* Notification on new releases of AJC

Current price of one copy of AJC is $25 . Site licenses with a defined 
number of copies and discounts are available. You can see the current 
pricing information at the "Order" page of our Web site.

We provided the following methods of ordering: 

* online
* by phone (TOLL-FREE, if you are in the USA or Canada)
* fax
* postal mail
* purchase order

Ways to start registering:

1. Run AJC. Click on the "Help" item in the main menu, then click on
   the "Purchase a license" item and follow the instructions.

2. Go to the "Order" page on our Web site:  
   http://www.winsoftmagic.com/order.html
   

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LICENSE, WARRANTY, COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
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Your use of Advanced JPEG Compressor (AJC) is governed by a License 
which appears before you install AJC, contains in the user manual and 
in license.txt file. 

Advanced JPEG Compressor and WinSoftMagic are trademarks of 
WinSoftMagic Development. 
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.

This software and all accompanying documentation are protected by
both United States and International Copyright laws and treaties.

Copyright 1999-2005 WinSoftMagic Development
All rights reserved.


Distribution:
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This software may be freely distributed, provided that:

1. Such distribution only includes the original archive supplied 
by WinSoftMagic Development, taken directly from our web site:

		http://www.winsoftmagic.com/

You may not alter, delete, or add any files in the distribution archive.

2. The distribution does not include a registration information.
In particular, you may not distribute a registered version of AJC.

If you publish magazines, news, books, shareware, freeware or demo CD-ROMs 
or you are Internet software repository, you are welcome to distribute AJC 
provided that you will follow these rules. Please distribute only the MOST
RECENT version of AJC.


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Thank you for your support!
WinSoftMagic Development

